Candle stick



Aug. 22, 1933. M HGG 1,923,826

CANDLE STICK Filed Nov. l2, 1930 /nven/op: M/vx H533 Patented Aug. 22, 1933 CANDLE STICK Max Hgg, Mannheim, Germany Application November 12, 1930 Serial No. 495,168

3 Claims. (Cl 67-27) The present invention relates to a candle-stick which simulates a candle and consists in a candlecoloured outer layer surrounding a guiding tube for a spring-supported candle said tube having at its top a fire-proof hood screwed thereto forming a tight joint with the candle.

The annexed drawing represents a workingexample of the object of the invention in:

Fig. 1 by a vertical longitudinal section and in Fig. 2 by a cross section.

With reference to the drawing the candle-stick comprises a foot-plate p provided with a central point o unto which is stuck a wooden plug t carrying a paper tube e. This paper tube has an outer layer a of a candle-coloured, wax-like mass which simulates a candle and carries at its upper end a threaded metallic sleeve f. A ring d of heat insulating material surrounds this sleeve only so far that a nre-proof hood c can be screwed to the upper projecting end of the sleeve.

This hood has an inner metal lining g which ends into a conically contracted portion lc against which the candle r is pressed by means of a spring m. This spring rests on the wooden plug t and takes hold of the candle with a head s. The hood has at its top a cup-like excavation h as a gatherer for the molten wax or stearine which is fed to the wick. Besides an asbestos washer u protects the cup h against overheating. As indicating means for the remaining length of the burning candle a string q is attached to the head s and is extended through the windings of the spring and through a passage n drilled into the wooden plug t unto the outside and over the border of the foot-plate p so that the still visible length o of the depending string indicates the length of the remaining stump of the burning candle.

The Working of this candle-stick is as follows:

For putting in a new candle the hood c must be unscrewed and then replaced again. When the candle has been lit the melting will form very soon a tight joint between hood and candle so that the top of the latter will soon have assumed the conical form as shown in Fig. l when the tightness of the joint is fully safe. The molten material collected by the cup h will be burnt completely and will constitute an economy amounting up to 28 percent as compared to ordinary candle-sticks.

The material of the wax-like layer of the paper tube may be not only wax, but also similar equivalent materials such as leukorite, dekorite,

kassin, gallalith, vervorite and also porcelain.

What 1 claim as new is: 1. In a candle stick having ance of a candle, a tube as the outside appearouter guide for an ordinary candle, a conically-shaped hood made of fire-proof material and se cured to the top of said candle-guide, an intermediate collar of heatinsulating material between the hood and the the conical top of the hood.

2. In a candle stick of the kind described and in combination, a tube as outer guide for an ordinary candle, a conically-shaped hood made of rire-proof material and secured to the top said candle-guide, an intermediate collar of heat insulating material.

tube, said tube consisting of an inner layer of paper and an outside layer of wax-like material, a wooden plug at the bottom of said tube, a footplate provided with a central point stuck into said plug, a head bearing against the candle, a helical spring engaging at one end said head and with its end against the wooden plug, a perforation provided in this plug and a string attached to said head and extended axially through the spring and the perforation in the plug to the outside of the candle stick and depending from the border of said plate to indicate the remaining length of the unburnt candle.

3. In a candle-stick of the kind described in combination, a tube as an outer guide for an ordinary candle, a conically-shaped hood made of lire-proof material, a collar of heat-insulating material between the hood and the tube, said Between the hood and the 75 tube consisting of an inner layer of paper and an outside layer of wax-like sheet metal lining for the h material, an inner ood and a cup-like lining for the cup-shaped top-end of the hood and an asbestos washer covering the bottom of said cup-like lining, said cup-shaped parts constituting the means for burning completely the melted candle material colle cted therein and a wooden plug at the bottom of said tube as xing means for the candle-stick and a helical spring between the plug and the candle and securing a tight joint between the cup candle.

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